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RE: Battery pad that inhibits corrosion on the tray
Yes, I use one on the MG. This is the one I use:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Yellow-Battery-Tray-Mats-Mopar-Ford-Chevy-Plymouth-/370584666180?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5648914044&vxp=mtr
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Lynn
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eubank
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05/24/13 09:02am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Bikes for trip to Yellowstone and Utah
Kind of depends on whether you want to hike in addition. We do two- or three-hour hikes and wouldn't necessarily feel like riding the bikes back to the campground afterwards. Otherwise, it might be kind of fun to have the bikes along!
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Lynn
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eubank
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05/23/13 01:41pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Filling MH Propane...
Because those gauges are never inspected after they're installed, it's a bad idea to rely on them for something as dangerous as propane. Your filler will instead rely on, well, gravity, in effect.
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Lynn
Isn't there a gauge on the permenant installed tanks? Or the liquid comes out meaning it's full? I need to get mine filled as well never done it before.
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eubank
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05/20/13 03:55pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: How best to get to Durango Colorado
I don't think you'd need to go all the way south to Albuquerque or Santa Fe. Check your map: Highway 64 will lead you across northern New Mexico all the way to Bloomfield, NM, where you can turn north and hop up to Durango.
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Lynn
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eubank
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05/20/13 12:54pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: New Mexico visit
Ah, I'm not a great fan of El Paso, but its safety record is actually pretty astounding:
http://www.kvia.com/news/El-Paso-again-ranks-as-safest-U-S-city/-/391068/18410136/-/g0jb03/-/index.html
:)
Lynn
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eubank
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05/09/13 10:10pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: New Mexico visit
Ok, if you're coming up from Valley of Fire on Hwy 380 to I25, you're going to be driving right through San Antonio, NM. That's where you'll find The Buckhorn, whose owner beat Bobby Flay in a green chile cheeseburger throw-down! (People will tell you to eat one at the Owl across the street in San Antonio. Granted, the Owl has a lot more history to it, but I think the Buckhorn's burgers are better.)
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Lynn
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eubank
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05/08/13 05:21pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Route 117 New Mexico
The part of 117 from its intersection with I40 into Grants probably is a section of the old highway, though the part south of the intersection with I40 is not.
Route 66 was realigned along around 1937. Prior to that date, the highway ran north from near Santa Rosa (on current I40) up to Santa Fe. From there, old 66 ran parallel to the river through Albuquerque down to Los Lunas. And from Los Lunas, the highway turned west/northwest along what is current called Hwy 6, where it connects with current I40/Rt. 66. (Within Albuquerque, pre-realignment Route 66 is, I believe, current-day Fourth Street.)
Of course, after 1937, the highway ran directly from Santa Rosa west into Albuquerque and further west. This is more or less I40. Within current-day Albuquerque, Central Avenue is old, post-realignment Route 66.
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Lynn
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eubank
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05/07/13 02:05pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: How hot is it really in the summer. Arizona/New Mexico
Most of US 64 across New Mexico is relatively tame, and the bulk of it is two-lane highway.
You will find grades and curves as the highway goes up into and back out of the Moreno Valley (Eagle Nest, Angel Fire). There's one short pass (Palo Flechado), but it's only a two-mile climb.
Once again, you'll find grades -- but not many curves -- as the highway goes from Tres Piedras to Tierra Amarilla. It's high, beautiful and lonely mountain country up there with some large pull-offs toward the western end for picture taking, lunch, etc.
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Lynn
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eubank
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05/06/13 10:46am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: How hot is it really in the summer. Arizona/New Mexico
Personally, I'd stay further north in NM and AZ during the summer. The northern areas have significant elevation and are a lot cooler. Consider, for example, cutting across on Highway 64.
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Lynn
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eubank
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05/03/13 05:48pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Point and shoot camera recommendation.
The ability to set the aperture (i.e., DOF) for a given photo -- a primary reason to choose an SLR -- is going to be somewhat rare with point-and-shoot cameras. Sure, there is some software available to fake aperture settings, but it's fairly primitive stuff. Of course, any more modern SLR can also be set up to do point-and-shoot (though I can't hardly imagine spending the money on an SLR just to use it in that mode).
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Lynn
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eubank
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04/30/13 07:06am |
Technology Corner
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RE: New Mexico Camping Taxes
That's sales tax (state) and lodger's tax (local) combined. Not all towns have a lodger's tax, and those that do vary in the rate charged. This tax applies to daily and weekly rates, but not to monthly rates.
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Lynn
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eubank
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04/21/13 11:16am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Airstream Land Yacht
Ah, Thor was formed in 1980 by Wade THompson and Peter ORthwein when they purchased Airstream. I think the previous owner of Airstream was Beatrice Foods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Industries
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Lynn
I'm in the market for a 2000 to 2006 Airstream L/Y around 30' + I've Never owned one before, so if anyone has any serious cons or pro's about them, i would like to hear it. I'm not new to owning a MH. I sold mine a few years ago when i had some heart issues, then found out months after that i had cancer. Now that i'm getting back on my feet, i looking forward to getting back on the road...
I know Airstream L/Y has great quality, but i've also heard that after being bought out by Thour, some changes were made before they stopped building the Land Yacht in 2006...
Is there another MH company that you know of that has the same quality?
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eubank
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04/20/13 12:38pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Need help finding AC repair (or replace)!
A DIY replacement is not all that technically difficult, though there is one small catch: The units are a bit heavy, difficult to get up onto the top of the rig.
:)
Lynn
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eubank
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04/19/13 07:38pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: 5 Gal or 7.5 Gal - Propane Question
Just so you'll know, 80% is the maximum fill on all cylinders, allowing for expansion room in hot weather. As a result, when your meter reads "full," it's at 80%. That's full to the max.
What you're referring to instead is something different. Standard BBQ cylinders can contain no more than 20 pounds of propane. However, many of the exchange outfits fill those cylinders only to 15 pounds. Check the "net weight" listing on the plastic, removable label on the exchange cylinder: If the "net weight" is 20 pounds, then they're filling the cylinder to its maximum capacity; if the "net weight" is 15 pounds, then they're filling it only to 75% of its capacity.
Hope this makes sense to you.
:)
Lynn
Be aware! There are signs posted at U-Haul stations here in Va indicating that the "exchange" tanks are never filled to capacity - only 80%.
I think the message is get good tanks - either size and have then refilled to their proper capacity.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/consumer/your_money&id=6807399
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eubank
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04/18/13 09:54am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Crossing State lines with our dog
I suspect you'd better have a doggie passport for New Mexico, for that state has once again gone missing. Here's some proof:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s480x480/538022_10151617315881111_362423170_n.png
And here's what the passport looks like:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ARsZkPDVVYo/TgqU4sIgetI/AAAAAAAAAsU/ZzVkJDAI9p4/s1600/14923740786.jpg height=400 width=640
:)
Lynn
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eubank
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04/18/13 06:47am |
RV Pet Stop
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RE: How-to video on gravel RV parking pads?
No video, but it's not really complicated. I prefer expanding our parking area somewhat above grade so that water runs off of it, so no digging out a spot in advance.
Lay out the area with boards or some kind of border. Put down a layer of larger rocks. For this layer, I use what the local gravel pit calls "three minus" (rocks three inches in diameter and less). Drive on these rocks for about a week so that they lay down, forming a flatter surface. (If individual large rocks just refuse to lay down in a more natural way after they've been driven on several times, I just remove them.)
Next cover these larger rocks with layer of smaller rocks. For this layer, I use one inch rather than pea gravel as the one-inch rocks are easier to rake out of adjacent areas in subsequent years as they get kicked about, normal "wear and tear" from use of the parking spot.
:)
Lynn
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eubank
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04/01/13 10:04am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: CAN SIKAFLEX STICK TO BUTYL TAPE
Probably so. Both Sikaflex and Vulkem are very sticky and very tenacious. Make sure the surface is clean (as usual with all sealants). You might want to consider taping off areas you don't want the stuff on, because once on, it's pretty difficult to get back off.
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Lynn
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eubank
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03/29/13 06:48pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Arizona, northeast
...Cottonwood Campground is no longer managed by the NPS but rather the Navajo Nation...
Canyon de Chelly and the several others on Navajo lands have been co-operated by NPS and the Navajo Nation for some time now. Several of the other facilities on the reservation do not have NPS cooperation.
http://navajonationparks.org/parks.htm
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Lynn
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eubank
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03/25/13 08:33pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: New Mexico Rt 6 (update)
Hummm. I'm currently reading The Grapes of Wrath, where that stretch of highway is briefly mentioned. The stretch now known as Rt. 6 was once part of Route 66 prior to its realignment in 1938. Before the realignment, 66 turned northwest just after Santa Rosa and headed to Santa Fe. From there, it went south through Albuquerque to Los Lunas. At Los Lunas it then turned west/northwest toward the Laguna area; this is now called Rt. 6.
Very, very little remains of the old times. You can see a couple of very crumbled establishments along the route, and that's about it. But with little imagination, you can just see the Joads and many thousands of others making their way west in their broken down vehicles toward the promised land in California.
http://www.theroadwanderer.net/66NMex/santafe.htm
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Lynn
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eubank
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03/17/13 04:00pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: New "Rules for GS Clubs"
I really don't have any idea, though maybe it's a legal matter. The WBCCI, for instance, has to abide by Ohio statute even though there are chapters all over creation. That's because the international organization is registered as a non-profit in that state.
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Lynn
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eubank
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03/09/13 04:56pm |
Good Sam Club
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